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Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 17
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Bacterial production of tetrodotoxin in the pufferfish Arothron hispidus

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Pages 1630-1640 | Received 23 Jan 2009, Accepted 29 Apr 2009, Published online: 22 Sep 2010

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